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Harry Hynes DAWSON

Regimental number2134
Place of birthRutherglen, Victoria
SchoolRutherglen Public School, Rutherglen, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHunter Street, Rutherglen, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Magdelen Dawson c/o Mrs H Dawson, Hunter Street, Rutherglen, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 27 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death24.4
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Catherine Dawson, 44 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia. Born at Rutherglen, Victoria

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